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#4311
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Feb 2015
Posts: 298
I believe this is correct as well. I just passed my FED ride/ line check 2 days ago, so I'll give and accurate update when I see my first full CA paycheck.
#4312
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2014
Posts: 233
Hello,
New to the forum.
Early Summer 2015 class date
DFW CRJ FO
I have bid a line every month after I completed training. As far as how I bid- I request no specific days off and select same day pairings or whatever the lingo is on the antiquated bid system. For people who do not understand what this means, I essentially tell the company they can assign me any schedule they like.
Importantly, the result is, I have never received a line.
As it looks going forward I am not likely to get a line until hopefully March.
I sit ready reserve at DFW an average of approximately 9 days per month. There are 40 or 50 (haven't counted in awhile) people junior to me on the DFW seniority
list.
January I flew less than 16 hours.
I have less than 300 hours in the airplane.
I want to fly but fact is that I sit at the airport on ready reserve.
All of my classmates have had a very similar experience thus far.
Additionally, the majority of the hotels we stay in are completely unacceptable.
My reason for posting this is to simply provide an accurate current pilot's experience at Mesa .
New to the forum.
Early Summer 2015 class date
DFW CRJ FO
I have bid a line every month after I completed training. As far as how I bid- I request no specific days off and select same day pairings or whatever the lingo is on the antiquated bid system. For people who do not understand what this means, I essentially tell the company they can assign me any schedule they like.
Importantly, the result is, I have never received a line.
As it looks going forward I am not likely to get a line until hopefully March.
I sit ready reserve at DFW an average of approximately 9 days per month. There are 40 or 50 (haven't counted in awhile) people junior to me on the DFW seniority
list.
January I flew less than 16 hours.
I have less than 300 hours in the airplane.
I want to fly but fact is that I sit at the airport on ready reserve.
All of my classmates have had a very similar experience thus far.
Additionally, the majority of the hotels we stay in are completely unacceptable.
My reason for posting this is to simply provide an accurate current pilot's experience at Mesa .
And honestly, after seeing some of the lines people get when they waive everything, I think next month I'm not going to waive anything and just sit reserve again. Those "waived" lines are really, really ugly.
#4313
New Hire
Joined APC: Feb 2016
Posts: 7
You're right, my buddies in DFW and PHX are still a little ways away from holding a line. But the spring flying is picking up next month, and things will continue to improve. We lost 18 on the most recent update of the seniority list, and 15 were senior to me. I have around 200 people junior to me, with more ejets still on the way.
Yes, our pay sucks, but I'm still happy with my decision to come here. I took a 50% cut from charter to come here, and only time will tell if I made the correct decision, but I don't regret it.
So far, I've traveled to four continents and to each corner of America. I'm young and debt free, things aren't as bad as some make it out to be.
Yes, our pay sucks, but I'm still happy with my decision to come here. I took a 50% cut from charter to come here, and only time will tell if I made the correct decision, but I don't regret it.
So far, I've traveled to four continents and to each corner of America. I'm young and debt free, things aren't as bad as some make it out to be.
#4315
There have been numerous West coast Mesa bases over the years, and as they all closed the only one left standing was Phoenix, and that's where all the pilots from those bases went. They're all Captains now, so that makes Phoenix Captain essentially unattainable. For FO's, it's not nearly as bad, but being the only Western base it still goes a little more senior. Expect a few extra months to hold it or hold a line in it relative to Dallas.
#4316
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 737
Just saw the seniority list.....My God, where and who would take Lianna?!
#4318
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2014
Posts: 233
Dang, almost 250 people behind me on the list and still no line. I'm not complaining, but I think that shows that we're pretty fat on FOs right now.
#4319
Line Holder
Joined APC: Mar 2011
Posts: 84
Any idea or juicy rumors why Mesa is holding an open house for pilots and flight attendants in Atlanta later this month? Why would FA's commute out of Atlanta?
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